Tracy Chapman – For My Lover (Ukulele)

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	For My Lover:
	I use "^" for hammer-on, and the "d" and "u" to indicate downaward and  
upward strums.  Here's the intro:
      Em              G                D           Cmaj7
      D   u           D   u            D   u   D   u
e-----0---0-----------3---3-----------|2---2---2---0---------|
B--T--0---0-----------0---0-----------|3---3---3---0---------|
G--A--0---0-----------0---0-----------|2---2---2---0---------|
D--B--2---2-------0---0---0-------0---|0---0---0---2---------|
A-----2---2---0^2-----2---2---0^2-----|------------3---------|
E-----0---0-----------3---3-----------|----------------------|
	The intro is repeated, and then:

Em                G
Two weeks in a Virginia jail

D              A
For my lover, for my lover.

Em              G
Twenty thousand dollar bail

D             A
For my lover, for my lover.---

C
And everybody thinks

A(add9) (x02420)
I'm the fool.

D
They don't get---any

C
love from you.

Em
Things we won't do for love---

A(add9)

Em 
I'd climb a mountain if I had to,

G
risk my life so I could have you---

D
you- you- you- you...

Cmaj7 (x32000) 
you- you -you -you -you.

Repeat this progression with these lyrics: Everyday I'm psychoanalyzed for my lover, for my lover. Dope me up and I tell them lies for my lover, for my lover.--- And everybody thinks... etc. Stay on the Cmaj7 the second time through an extra measure, for:

Cmaj7
    I follow my heart

Em
    and leave my head to ponder

D
    deep in this love--- no

Cmaj7
man can shake.

Keep with these chord changes for the rmaining lyrics: I follow my heart and leave my mind to wonder, is this love worth- the sacri- fices I make? Now repeat the from the "Two weeks in a Virginia jail" verse. Why?: The chords used in this are Bm (x24432), G (320003), A (x02220), D(add9) (xx0230), and A(add9) (x02420). The intro is merely alternating between Bm and G, and adding hammers-on. In the case of the Bm hammer-on the three fingers other than the one barring at the second fret. With the G hammer on the pointer finger. After that:

Bm
Why do the babies starve, there's enough food to feed the world?

G                                         A
Why, when there's so many of us are there people still alone?

Bm
Why are the missiles called peacekeepers, when they're aimed to kill?

G                             A
Why is a woman still not safe when she's in her home?

D(add9)
   Love is hate

A(add9)
   war is peace,

Bm
   no is yes,-

G
   we're all free.---- But, some-

Bm 
body's gonna have to answer, the time is coming soon. Amidst

G
all these questions and contradictions there're 

A
some who seek the truth.  Tell me...

Then repeat. She's Got Her Ticket: Chords are C, G and Am. Mountains O' Things Chords in this one are Am, Dm, F and G. All That You Have Is Your Soul: Basic fingerpicking pattern embellished with hammers-on, changing between A, E, D, and D(add9) (xx0230). I think that she might play this capoed at the fifth fret, but am not sure. The version I do is without a capo. Hammer-on A "D" on the A chord pattern, A "C" on the E, A "G" on the D, and A "D" on the D(add9). Coming next: April Come She Will by Simon & Garfunkel. # LEWIS CARROLL 1832-1898 ## __________________________ # # | | He thought he saw a Rattlesnake # | David V. Wong | That questioned him in Greek, # | [email protected] | He looked again and found it was # | University of Washington | The Middle of Next Week. ### | Seattle, USA | `The one thing I regret,' he said, #### |__________________________| `Is that it cannot speak!' ##